diff --git a/example/plugin-demo/go.mod b/example/plugin-demo/go.mod
index 7b8c28c..e6edf88 100644
--- a/example/plugin-demo/go.mod
+++ b/example/plugin-demo/go.mod
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ replace github.com/aperturerobotics/controllerbus => ../..
 replace github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p => github.com/aperturerobotics/go-libp2p v0.33.1-0.20240511072027-002c32698a19 // aperture
 
 require (
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/controllerbus v0.44.5 // master
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.4 // latest
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.8 // indirect; main
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.1 // indirect; latest
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/controllerbus v0.45.3 // master
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.5 // latest
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.9 // indirect; main
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.2 // indirect; latest
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/example/plugin-demo/go.sum b/example/plugin-demo/go.sum
index 71a0434..411dd25 100644
--- a/example/plugin-demo/go.sum
+++ b/example/plugin-demo/go.sum
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.3 h1:AZ821ntYqzCpq6jE5rWJwJLik
 github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.3/go.mod h1:YTbfnUj3feSULhs8VgepAHFnF3wUc0CPj4jd2axy21I=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.4 h1:zFak5xuNuiiEnF8d+pewYE9giyPtMLvSiusBq/FLEjA=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.4/go.mod h1:YTbfnUj3feSULhs8VgepAHFnF3wUc0CPj4jd2axy21I=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.5 h1:AuPPcZ7ZaJe9ZYYC4gF7/5/Xbn9Mt9uXyV3+ADWy+Ys=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.5/go.mod h1:YTbfnUj3feSULhs8VgepAHFnF3wUc0CPj4jd2axy21I=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.8 h1:ZDKVV/NxGbk0TVfBUk7NvHC8EEoV2xzd/jgQaQuR5No=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.8/go.mod h1:MgtaylA8mI6DAuRaKVWTvVuc5kH/uEgbdYMD2MAGnZY=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.9 h1:RVhpoLzY5SMz+9To4mg1sqO70LpWDLvRYCKJQnYKv/s=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.9/go.mod h1:V/wN7Y+OHchsdZ8DcTS1qSUVs7yWJZuaGA0g/aLiq1w=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.1 h1:pEeBrN5UUNy83OFyv9d7BQod8O++j5ZwIkEuYGdpRXw=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.1/go.mod h1:dO8P8Ut5xNPpLrPPpn7kM/aJL+qT20C5Ppcs1GE0VNg=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.2 h1:JEQ2y29BLr1sMWLTY12rOPIROCNiaEbdblegOuqBXog=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.2/go.mod h1:CBSuB3PbBl8+uhdJTzj8+/dxEmCklW07FMVRbjFtXoo=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index afd1be6..366c5bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ replace github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p => github.com/aperturerobotics/go-libp2p v0.
 replace github.com/libp2p/go-msgio => github.com/aperturerobotics/go-libp2p-msgio v0.0.0-20240511033615-1b69178aa5c8 // aperture
 
 require (
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/common v0.16.1 // latest
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/common v0.16.3 // latest
 	github.com/aperturerobotics/json-iterator-lite v1.0.0 // latest
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.4 // latest
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.8 // latest
-	github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.1 // latest
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.5 // latest
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.9 // latest
+	github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.2 // latest
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a3674e6..f15f69c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 github.com/aperturerobotics/common v0.16.1 h1:+Ei4oSZo+3QTI38YHGDe8MhkW/FXwpA8DTSs3JJPAC4=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/common v0.16.1/go.mod h1:zjDs8xIZYFHbElcM5l2wOoNu3a3xyy4+u3mQELzK7ss=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/common v0.16.3/go.mod h1:CNUQ4LRn9e2zwKKrWMZiKoywhWV9+Wpn3QPn9uE2E7Y=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/go-libp2p v0.33.1-0.20240511072027-002c32698a19 h1:ZpnWhPCmYo//h1Jx9iOGPGG1cbFRM7Ij+ms+mCK6RUo=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/go-libp2p v0.33.1-0.20240511072027-002c32698a19/go.mod h1:/TIElEA8TzmHQTgGJQyzg0zHNZRCMYbdKyOsKwn9i6E=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/json-iterator-lite v1.0.0 h1:cihbrYWoK/S2RYXhJLpDZd+GUjVvFJN+D3w1VOqqHRI=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/json-iterator-lite v1.0.0/go.mod h1:snaApCEDtrHHP6UWSLKiYNOZU9A5NyzccKenx9oZEzg=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.4 h1:zFak5xuNuiiEnF8d+pewYE9giyPtMLvSiusBq/FLEjA=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.4/go.mod h1:YTbfnUj3feSULhs8VgepAHFnF3wUc0CPj4jd2axy21I=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.5 h1:AuPPcZ7ZaJe9ZYYC4gF7/5/Xbn9Mt9uXyV3+ADWy+Ys=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/protobuf-go-lite v0.6.5/go.mod h1:YTbfnUj3feSULhs8VgepAHFnF3wUc0CPj4jd2axy21I=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.8 h1:ZDKVV/NxGbk0TVfBUk7NvHC8EEoV2xzd/jgQaQuR5No=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.8/go.mod h1:MgtaylA8mI6DAuRaKVWTvVuc5kH/uEgbdYMD2MAGnZY=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.9 h1:RVhpoLzY5SMz+9To4mg1sqO70LpWDLvRYCKJQnYKv/s=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/starpc v0.32.9/go.mod h1:V/wN7Y+OHchsdZ8DcTS1qSUVs7yWJZuaGA0g/aLiq1w=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.1 h1:pEeBrN5UUNy83OFyv9d7BQod8O++j5ZwIkEuYGdpRXw=
 github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.1/go.mod h1:dO8P8Ut5xNPpLrPPpn7kM/aJL+qT20C5Ppcs1GE0VNg=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.2 h1:JEQ2y29BLr1sMWLTY12rOPIROCNiaEbdblegOuqBXog=
+github.com/aperturerobotics/util v1.23.2/go.mod h1:CBSuB3PbBl8+uhdJTzj8+/dxEmCklW07FMVRbjFtXoo=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
 github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=